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1
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Blended wines from Kaefferkopf GC can contain a max% Pinot Gris

A

25%

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2
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Grand Crus that permit blending (2)

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Altenberg de Bergheim
Kaeperkopf

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3
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Soil of Furstenum GC (Alsace)

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Limestone

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4
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Albert Mann (Wettolsheim) “Clos de la Faille” is this

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Pinot Noir

marly limestone

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5
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What producer in Alsace makes “trois chateaux” bottlings (Husseren les Chateaux)

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Kuentz Bas

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Clos of Trimbach (Ribeauville)

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Clos Ste Hune (Rosacker)
Cuvee Frederic Emile (Geisberg, Osterberg) VT, SGN

Muschelkalk soil

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Weinbach bottlings (keintzheim)

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Cuvée Theo
Clos des Capucins
Cuvee Colette (riesling schlossberg)
Cuvee Sainte Catherine (pinot gris schlossberg)
Cuvee Saint Catherine “L’Inédit” botrytized riesling
Quintessences de Grains Nobles: only in outstanding vintages, botrytized berries

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Chasselas is known as this in Alsace

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Gutedel

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9
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What is Pinot or Klevner on a bottle

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White wine, blend of all pinots

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10
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What is Klevener de Heiligenstein?

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Savagnin (Traminer) rosé

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Must weights for Alsace VT/SGN

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Riesling, Muscat VT: 244 g/l
Riesling, Muscat SGN: 276 g/l

Pinot Gris, Gewurz VT: 270 g/l
Pinot Gris, Gewurz SGN: 306 g/l

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12
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Main soil type of alsace

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Gres de Vosges (pink sandstone)

Also granite, limestone schist, clay and gravel

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These subzones of Alsace (2012 forward) are for Pinot Noir

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Ottrott, Rodern, Saint Hippolyte

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These subzones are for Sylvaner

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Blienschwiller and Côtes de Barr:

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This 2012 subzone is for Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir

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Côte de Rouffach

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16
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Vallée Noble subzone is for these grapes (Alsace)

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Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Pinot Gris

(All nobles but muscat)

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17
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Val Saint Grégoire subzone is for these varieties (Alsace)

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Auxerrois, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris

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Scherwiller and Wolxheim are subzones for this varietal

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Riesling

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Bergheim subzone is for this varietal

Alsace

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Gewurztraminer

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Coteaux de Haut Koenigsbourg (Alsace) is a subzone for this

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Riesling, Gewurztraminer

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21
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Min Abv% for VT/SGN wines in Alsace

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VT Riesling/Muscat: 14.5%
SGN Riesling/Muscat: 16.4%

VT Pinot Gris/Gewurz: 16%
SGN Pinot Gris/Gewurz: 18.2%

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22
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Least planted grape in Alsace

A

Chasselas 78 ha

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23
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AOPs of Lorraine

A

Cote de Toul
Moselle

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24
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What year were Lorraine AOPs established

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1988

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25
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Main white grapes of Cotes de Toul

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Auxerrois

Aubin

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26
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Cotes de Toul Rouge encepagement

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100% Pinot Noir

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27
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Producer of Kitterlé (GC)

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Schlumberger

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28
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Trimbach Clos Ste Hune is in this GC

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Rosacker

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29
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Weinbach Clos des Capucins is in this GC

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Kintzheim

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30
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Mures “Clos St Landelin” is here

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Riesling
Vorbourg (GC)
town of Rouffach

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31
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Zind Humbrecht’s Clos Hauserer (Riesling) is near this GC

A

Hengst

In Wintzenheim

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32
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Zind Humbrecht’s clos) (4)

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Clos Hauserer
Clos Jebsal (Brand)
Clos st Urbain
Clos Windsbuhl

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Cuvees of Lucien Albrecht (orschwir) king of cremant

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Cuvee Cecile (Pinot Gris) named for daughter
Cuvee Marie (Gewurztraminer) daughter
Cuvee Henri (Riesling) named for Jean Albrecht’s grandfather henri

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34
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permitted grapes for Cremant d’Alsace

A

Blanc:
Riesling
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Noir
Pinot Gris
Auxerrois
Chardonnay

Rose:
100% Pinot Noir

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35
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Aging requirements for Cremant d’Alsace

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Wine must spend nine months lees prior to disgorgement

12 months total aging

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36
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Year Cremant d’Alsace established

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1976

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37
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Vin Gris varietals cotes de Toul

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85% individual max, both required

Gamay min 10% Pinot Noir

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38
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Where is Hugel located

A

Riquewihr (town)

Schoenenbourg vineyard

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39
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When was Alsace Grand Cru created

A

1975,

Expanded in 1983

40
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Where is Brand GC

41
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Where is Zinnkopflé?

A

Westhalten (Haut Rhin)

42
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Where is Hengst?

A

Wintzenheim (Haut Rhin)

43
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Where is Sporen GC? (Known for Gewurztraminer)

44
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Where is Clos des Capucins (Weinbach)

A

Schlossberg (Kintzheim)

45
Q

Where is Zind-Humbrecht Clos Hauserer?

A

Hengst GC
(near it)

Wintzenheim (town)

46
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Where is Clos St Urbain?

A

Thann GC

Rangen

47
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Where is Clos Windsbuhl?

48
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Clos of Zind-Humbrecht (3)

A

Clos Hauserer
Clos Jebsal
Clos St Urbain

49
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Where is Kanzlerberg

50
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Where is Kirchberg

A

Ribeauville

51
Q

Where is Schlossberg (Weinbach makes a bottling)

A

Kientzheim
(Kayserberg Vignoble as of 2016)

52
Q

Wines that can be labeled varietally in Moselle

A

Muller Thurgau

Pinot Gris

53
Q

Klevner is this

A

Pinot Blanc

54
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Pinot Blanc labeled varietally can be blended with this grape (Alsace)

55
Q

Sylvaner can be bottled as varietal wine in this Grand Cru

A

Zotzenberg

56
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Max yield for Alsatian GC wines

57
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Altenberg de Bergheim does NOT permit Muscat as a varietal wine: T/F?

58
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Hugels top wines are called:

A

Jubilee

(Riquewihr)

59
Q

Where is Steinklotz (Alsace)

A

Marlenheim

60
Q

This producer owns the most hectares of Grand Cru in Alsace

A

Schlumberger

61
Q

Who produces Clos Rebberg

A

Marc Kreydenweiss

62
Q

In this year Alsace GC were separated into 51 AOPs

63
Q

Wines labeled “edelzwicker” may be produced from a single variety. T/F?

64
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Klevener de Heiligenstein is this

A

Traminer from rosé

65
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What is Edelzwicker

A

just a blend of grapes

66
Q

What is Gentil

A

50% noble varieties,

rest vinified separately

67
Q

Soil of Brand?

68
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Grand Crus known for Gewurztraminer

A

Zinkoepflé
Sporen
Spiegel
Marckrain
Mambourg
Kessler
Goldert
Froehn
Engelberg

69
Q

GC of Alsace known for Riesling

A

Geisberg
Kastelberg
Winzenberg
Wineck-Schlossberg
Wiebelsberg
Sommerberg
Schoenenbourg
Schlossberg
Saering
Rosacker
Moenchberg
Kitterlé
Praelatenberg
Pfingstberg
Muenchberg
Kirchberg

70
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Style of Rosé Cotes de Toul vs. Moselle

A

Cotee de Toul: Vin Gris 85% individual Max, both required, Gamay, min 10% Pinot Noir

Moselle: Principal variety 70% Pinot Noir, accessory variety Gamay

71
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What is the varietal?

A

Pinot Noir, Wettolsheim

from the Barthelmé brothers, owned since 1654

72
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This Grand cru can be for single varietal Sylvaner

A

Zotzenberg

73
Q

What was the first Alsace Grand Cru, when was it decreed

A

Schlossberg, 1975, same year the Alsace Grand Cru category was decreed

74
Q

Southernmost GC of Alsace

A

Rangen

In Thann (volcanic soil)

75
Q

Cuvée Frederic Emile (Trimbach)
is a blend of these two Grand Cru vineyards

A

Geisberg
Osterberg

76
Q

in Alsace, 100% Auxerrois may be labeled as Pinot Blanc T/F?

A

True, though they are NOT the same thing

77
Q

How many GC vineyards in Alsace?

78
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Smallest GC vineyard and largest in Alsace

A

3 ha (Kanzlerberg)

80 ha (Schlossberg)

79
Q

Most highly regarded vintage in Alsace:

03, 04, 06 or 07?

80
Q

Grape of Marc d’Alsace

A

Gewurztraminer, 45% abv

may not be aged in wood, alambic pot still

81
Q

Altenberg de Bergheim may contain 25% this grape in blends

A

Gewurztraminer

82
Q

51st grand Cru of Alsace (2007)

A

Kaefferkopf

83
Q

These Geographic designations in Alsace are for white wines only

A

Blienschwiller, Côtes de Barr, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Scherwiller, Vallée Noble, Val Saint Grégoire, Wolxheim, Coteaux du Haut Koenigsbourg, Bergheim

84
Q

Why is 1945 an important year in Alsace?

A

marks the beginning of a divergence in French and German winemaking styles; German wines remained classically sweet, whereas Alsace producers fermented to dryness for a more powerful and food-friendly wine.

85
Q

What year did Alsace achieve AOP status?

A

1962

Grand Cru in 1975

86
Q

the driest city in France

A

Colmar, capital of the Haut-Rhin département

87
Q

Pinot Gris was once known as this in Alsace

A

Tokay d’Alsace or Tokay Pinot Gris

88
Q

Klevner de Heiligenstein can be bottled under these village names

A

Heiligenstein itself, Bourgheim, Gertwiller, Goxwiller, and Obernai.

89
Q

What year did Trimbach release its first bottling of Geisberg Grand Cru?

90
Q

These French Regions Comprise the “grand Est” As of 2016

A

Alsace and Lorraine along with Champagne

91
Q

Synonym for Muscat Rosé a petit grains

A

Muscat Ottonel

92
Q

Succession of Alsace Grand Crus (51)

A

1975 Schlossberg
1983 (24 more vineyards)
1992 (25 more vineyards)

Kaeperkopf (2007)

Hengst (2022) Pinot Noir
Kirschberg de Barr (2022) Pinot Noir

93
Q

Two new GC vineyards for Pinot Noir (2022)

A

Hengst
Kirschberg de Barr

94
Q

In Alsace, these wines must be hand-harvested

A

Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir labeled by Lieu-Dit

All Alsace VT and SGN wines

95
Q

Max RS Alsace
(Does not apply to Riesling labeled with Lieu-Dit or SGN, VT wines)

A

Riesling: 6 g/l (if the wines have been chaptalized), 9 g/l (if tartaric acid is less than 6 g/l), 12 g/l (if tartaric acid is greater than 6 g/l)

Rosé: 4 g/l
Rouge: 2 g/l

96
Q

Who is the producer of Clos des Récollets?

A

Lucien Albrecht
Pinot Gris
Rouffach

97
Q

Who is the producer of Clos Ribeaupierre

A

Jean Sipp
Pinot Gris
Ribeauvillé

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